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Europe is home to some of the best health care systems across the globe, but health disparities across the region are beginning to draw more attention. One key driver is so-called “medical deserts,” isolated areas with far too few health care workers.
The number of adults with hypertension has doubled to 1.28 billion over the last 30 years, new research shows. Hypertension is a leading cause of death, with millions of people across the globe dying every year from high blood pressure-related events.
Patients in Europe have grown accustomed to health technology assessment bodies passing judgment on new medications. But in England recently the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, or NICE, has taken the appraisal process one step too far.